It is recommended to use this ISO for new installs

Jan 25, 2017 23:39 GMT  ·  By

Netrunner Desktop 17.01 "Baryon" rolled out on the first day of 2017, based on the upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" operating system, and a new minor update is now available for download.

The Netrunner 17.01.2 Desktop ISO image is here to offer users an enhanced installation experience if they want to deploy the GNU/Linux distribution on their personal computers. As the headline suggests, it ships with the recently released Calamares 3.0 distribution-independent system installer, along with the KPMCore 3.0.2 package.

Calamares 3.0 is the next-gen universal graphical installer for Linux-based operating systems that want to offer they users the best out-of-the-box installation experience. It brings numerous improvements and countless fixes. It was also recently adopted by the KDE Neon distro.

Besides shipping with Calamares 3.0, the new Netrunner 17.01.2 Desktop ISO image also addresses some of the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) bootloader problems that several users reported since the release of Netrunner Desktop 17.01 "Baryon" two weeks ago.

"This hopefully will fix the UEFI bootloader issues that some people reported, so if you experienced those with the previous ISO, this might fix it," reads the announcement. "To help improve Netrunner further, please report any issues in our forums or case of installer issues also on calamares.io/bugs."

Without any further ado, we invite you to download the Netrunner 17.01.2 Desktop 64-bit Live ISO image right now from our website in case you experienced UEFI bootloader issues with the previous ISO, as well as if you want to deploy the OS on new PCs using the brand-new Calamares 3.0 installer.